{"id":7560,"date":"2021-05-26T10:51:30","date_gmt":"2021-05-26T09:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stuartpoetry.art\/?p=7560"},"modified":"2021-05-26T10:53:02","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T09:53:02","slug":"the-dode-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/26\/the-dode-child\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dode Child"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Seven times Seven times Seven times Seven<\/p>\n<p>My thoughts are endless<\/p>\n<p>Infinity times Seven<\/p>\n<p>= 0<\/p>\n<p>= 7<\/p>\n<p>There is no calculation<\/p>\n<p>I can think of<\/p>\n<p>That solves this mysterious question<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps I am staring at God<\/p>\n<p>Without even being aware of his presence<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We might be standing opposite<\/p>\n<p>Each other in the meadows<\/p>\n<p>That surround the church<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I am exploring the mathematics of this thought<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>According to local legend, the last survivor of the Black Death in Dode (Kent) was a seven-year-old girl known as the Dode Child <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>It is said she took refuge in the church after all the other villagers were dead, and died within its walls<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> The Dode Child is supposed to haunt the churchyard, having first appeared on a Sunday morning each month for several years, and then every seven years since\u00a0<\/em><sup id=\"cite_ref-haunted_3-2\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seven times Seven times Seven times Seven My thoughts are endless Infinity times Seven = 0 = 7 There is no calculation I can think of That solves this mysterious question &nbsp; Perhaps I am staring at God Without even being aware of his presence &nbsp; We might be standing opposite Each other in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7560"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7560\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}